Psalmorum 148

1 Alleluia. Laudate Dominum de cælis: laudate eum in excelsis.

Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights.

2 Laudate eum omnes angeli eius: laudate eum omnes virtutes eius.

Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts.

3 Laudate eum sol et luna: laudate eum omnes stellæ, et lumen.

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all stars of light.

4 Laudate eum cæli cælorum: et aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt,

Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens.

5 laudent nomen Domini. Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt: ipse mandavit, et creata sunt.

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were made.

6 Statuit ea in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi: præceptum posuit, et non præteribit.

And he fixed them for ever and ever by a law which they dare not transgress.

7 Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones, et omnes abyssi.

Praise the Lord from the earth: you depths, with your monsters, all.

8 Ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum: quæ faciunt verbum eius:

Fire, hail, snow and ice, and stormy wind doing his word.

9 Montes, et omnes colles: ligna fructifera, et omnes cedri.

All you mountains and hills, all you fruit trees and cedars,

10 Bestiæ, et universa pecora: serpentes, et volucres pennatæ:

all you wild beasts and tame, creeping things, birds on the wing.

11 Reges terræ, et omnes populi: principes, et omnes iudices terræ.

All you kings and nations of earth; all you princes and judges of earth:

12 Iuvenes, et virgines: senes cum iunioribus laudent nomen Domini:

young men and maidens together, old men and children together.

13 quia exaltatum est nomen eius solius.

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted. Over heaven and earth is his glory.

14 Confessio eius super cælum, et terram: et exaltavit cornu populi sui. Hymnus omnibus sanctis eius: filiis Israel, populo appropinquanti sibi. Alleluia.

He has lifted his people to honour. Wherefore this chorus of praise from his saints, from Israel, the people who stand in his fellowship. Hallelujah.